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tles so that homeowners can get the trees treated. The service is provided for landowners with at least a 10-acre parcel located in the Black Hills. Landowners with smaller parcels can form groups with neighbors until they hit the 10-acre mark.
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Interim director named at SDSU's Sun Grant Center
• BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- An alternative energy researcher at South Dakota State University has been named the interim director of the North Central Center of the Sun Grant Initiative.
• Vance Owens will take over the post at the center from James Doolittle, who was recently appointed as SDSU's associated vice president for research.
• Owens has been a member of the school's plant science faculty for 16 years.
• The Sun Grant Initiative was authorized as part of the 2002 Farm Bill to develop plant materials that can be used in the production of fuels. As director of the North Central Center, Owens will oversee university research in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
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Dakotas, Iowa, Nebraska fare well in child study
DALE WETZEL,Associated Press
• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Children in four Great Plains states are more likely to have parents with jobs, better household finances and manageable living costs, a new report says.
• The annual Kids Count study, done by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and published Wednesday, ranks North Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota as the top four states when measuring the economic well-being of children.
• Overall, the four states ranked in the top 20 in the survey, which also compiles measurements reflecting child education, health, and family circumstances such as (Continued on page 13)
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